Tablet-carrier for talking-machines.



No. 798,034. lIA'ITEII'IED AUG. 22, 1905. G. W. GOMBER. TABLET CARRIERPOR TALKING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16.1904.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1" PATENTED AUG. z2, 1905 G. W. GOMBEE. l TABLET CARRIERFOB. TALKING MACHINES APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16.1904.

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@VW/mano UNITED sTATEs PATENT OEEIOE.

GEORGE W. GOMBER, OF CONYNGHAM, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HULDA GOMBER,OE CONYNGHAM, PENNSYLVANIA.

TABLET-CARRIER FOR TALKING-MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, 1905.

Application filed J une 16, 1904. Serial No. 212,842.

l tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to phonographs, and

more particularly to a tablet-carrier for talking-machines whereby aplurality of tablets or mandrels are grouped together in one machine sothat any preferred one of said tablets may be readily moved intocooperation with the reproducer; and my invention consists of certainspecified details of combination and construction of parts, thepreferred form whereof will be hereinafter set forth, and pointed out inthe claims.

The main object of my invention, among others, is' to provide a simpleform of carrier adapted to hold any preferred number of tablets ortablet-receiving mandrels within a minimum amount of space.

Other objects will be hereinafter presented, and attention is called tothe accompanying drawings, which are made a part of this application,and in which- Figure 1 shows a front elevation of my talking-machinecomplete. Fig. 2 is a simi'- lar view, on aslightly-enlarged scale,aportion of the casing being shown in section. Fig. 3 is a horizontalsection of my machine, taken on the median line of my tablet-carrier.Fig. 4 is a perspective detail view of one of the mandrel-carrying armsof my magazine.

Referring to the numerals on the drawings, l indicates the rear of thecasing, while 2 and 3 designate the sides thereof, the front portionofthe upper section of the casing being preferably of glass, asdesignated by the numeral 4, while the lower part of the casing 5 may bemade of any preferred material and adapted to contain the motor, as willbe obvious.

Inasmuch as the claims hereunto appended are predicated upon thespecific form of carrier illustrated and such modifications andsubstitutes thereof as fairly fall within the purview of my invention, Ideem it unnecessary to dwell at any length upon the coperating actions.

vcessories of the tabletcarrier-as,for instance, the speaker or themotorf-and means for mounting said parts in their operative posi- Mytablet-.carrier may be likened unto a wheel with a plurality ofradiating arms or spokes, to which latter are operatively connected thetablet-mandrels and means for rotating the same from a common source ofpower. While, therefore, my tablet-carrier may comprise a hub-section, Ihave in the present instance shown a suitable piece of sheet metal 6,which is rotatably mounted upon a suitable axle or support, as indicatedby the numeral 7 said axle or shaft 7 being properly connected to thecasing in any preferred way so that the forward free end thereof willproject outward in a horizontal plane to be received by an aperture inthe carrier-plate or hub 6, it being understood that the carrier is somounted upon the shaft that it may be freely rotated thereon in eitherdirection, as by means of the band-Wheel 8, secured to a sleeve-likeextension of the hub or plate, said wheel being placed in communicationwith a belting leading to any suitable means (not shown) of preferablymanual actuation.

In the present instance it will be observed that the periphery of theplate or carrier-body 6 is cut away at intervals, so as to form theradially-disposed arms or extensions 9, and, as illustrated in Eig. 4c,the outer ends of said arms arev bent at right angles to form thebearing bracket or seat 10, and a corresponding bracket or bearing seat11 is struck up from the material of the plate to form the inner supportfor the bearing-sleeve 12, the extreme ends of the bearing-seats 10 andl1 being fashioned and properly bent so as to provide the set-screwseats 13 for accommodating the set-screws 14, whereby said sleeve islocked in place. It is obvious, however, that these bearing-seats may beindependently formed and suitably connected with the carrying wheel ordisk in any preferred way, as by rivets; but this construction is notshown in the drawings. By striking up the inner bearing 11 from theplate an opening 15 is formed, and this opening is utilized toaccommodate the periphery of the gear 16, which is secured to the shaft17, operatively mounted in the sleeve 12, the outer end of said shaftbeing of sufficient length to receive any preferred form of mandrel, asclearly shown, a

locking-collar and cooperating set-screw 18 and 19, respectively, beingdisposed upon the shaft 17 at the outer end ofthe sleeve 12, wherebysaid shaft will be held against longitudinal movement. Inasmuch as theplurality of gears 16 (there being one for each mandrel', as will beobserved) are thus disposed so that they` will be moved in a commonradial path around the axial center of the carrier 6, it follows that acommon driving-gear 20 may be employed to actuate all of said gears asthey are successively broughtinto mesh therewith. I therefore mount thecommon driver 20 upon a suitable shaft 21, having bearings insupporting-brackets 22, secured to part of the casing, while theopposite end of the shaft or any intermediate partthereof may beprovided with the driving-wheel 23, placed in connection with the motor,as by belting, sprocket-chain, or the like. (Not shown.)

In Figs. 2 and 3 it will be observed that a speaker (designated by thenumeral 24) is operatively mounted upon a suitable carrier 25.,connected to a convenient part of the casing, and that said speaker isdisposed. in direct communication with the horn 26, or a iiexible tube27 may be employed to form the connecting-link between said parts, aspreferred. It is therefore obvious that any suitable means may beemployed to coperate with the adjusting-wheel 8 to rotate the carrier ineither direction, and thus bring any preferred tablet on the carrierinto coperative relationship with the reproducer or speaker 24, and Ideem it unnecessary to specifically set forth any means foraccomplishing this result, reserving for a future application orapplications such specific means which I may decide to ladopt for thispurpose or for better carrying out other operations of the machine.

What I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a phonograph .a carrier adapted to carry a plurality of tablets,,each of the tablets being disposed with its axis radiating from theaxis of the carrier.

2. A'tab'let-carrier having a plurality of rotatable mandrel-receivingspindles, radiating from a common center and traveling in a common pathwhen the carrier is rotated, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A tablet-carrier consisting of a disk or wheel like member 6 having aplurality of rotating arms radiating from a common center and travelingin a common path when thecarrier is rotated, as set forth.

4. A tablet-carrier comprising a wheel having a plurality of rotatabletablet-receiving mandrels, the axes of which radiate from a Vcommonpointand are designed to move in a common path as set forth.

5. A tablet-carrier having a 4pluralityof rotatable mandrel-receivingspindles radiating from the periphery of the carrier and disposed from acommon source of power as set forth.

7. A tablet-carriercomprisingadisk; means to rotatably mount the sameand a plurality of rotatable mandrels on the disk the axes on themandrels radiating from the disk and additional means to rotate all ofsaid mandrels from a common source of power, as set forth. 8. In amachine of the character specified,

' a'carrier for tablets; a plurality of extensions each extension havinga rotatable spindle mounted thereon and adapted to carry a tablet, theaxes of the spindles radiating from a common center, as set forth. i

9. A tablet-carrier for phonographs comprising a hub and a plurality ofspoke-like members radiating from the hub each spokelike member beingadapted to rotate and carry a mandrel thereon whereby all the mandrelswill be moved in a common path when the hub is rotated, the axes of themandrels radi` ating from the same point as set forth.

10. A rotating carrier for tablets having a plurality of radiatingrotatable tablet-receiving mandrels, the axes of which radiate at anypreferred angle to the axis of the carrier as set forth.

11. In phonographs or talking-machines, a carrier adapted to hold aplurality of rotatable tablets, said carrier consisting of a disk-likemember or hub 6, the axes of the tablets on the carrier radiatingtherefromand being disposed at any desired angle relative to the axis ofthe carrier as and for the purpose set forth.

12. In a machine of the character speciiied. a tablet-carrier;consisting of a disk-like plate 6; a plurality of bearing-seats struckupfrom the plate and arranged in pairs; a sleeve secured to each pair ofsaid seats; a shaft rotatably mounted in said sleeve and designed toyreceive upon its extended end a tablet-mandrel and means to rotate saidshaft and additional means to rotate the carrier in either directionwhereby the tablets on the mandrels will loe moved in a common radialpath as and for the purpose-set forth.

13. In-a phonograph, a tablet-carrier adapted to hold any desired numberof tablets and consisting of a plate or disk 6; integral bearing-seatsstruck up near the edge of said plate; rotatable shafts operativelymounted in said seats and adapted to receive on their outer ends atablet-mandrel; means to successively or selectively rotate said shaftsas set forth.

14. In a phonograph a tablet-carrier adapted to hold any desired numberof tablets and consisting of a plate or disk like member 6;bearing-seats carried by said plate; radial r0- tatable shaftsoperatively mounted in said seats and adapted to receive on their outerends a tablet-mandrel, and means to successively or selectively rotatesaid shaft as and for the purpose set forth.

15. In a phonograph a carrier rotatably mounted in position and providedWith a plu# rality of rotatable tablet-mandrels the axes of whichradiate from the periphery of the earrier, all of said mandrels beingdisposed to travel in the same radial path and having their axes at anangle to the axis of the Carrier as set forth.

16. In a phonograph a tablet-carrier having a plurality of rotatablemandrels disposed to travel in a common radial path; the axes of path,each of the tablets being disposed with its axis radiating at an angleto the axis of the carrier as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

GEORGE W. GOMBER.

Witnesses:

W. H. J ENNISH, C. W. RoBBINs.

